BOB BERG
Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Fusion / Bossa Nova • United States
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The tragic death of saxophonist Bob Berg in an automobile accident has stunned the jazz community world-wide. Berg was driving with his wife, Arja, through a snowstorm when his car was struck by a cement truck. His wife was thrown clear, and although badly injured, is expected to recover, but the saxophonist was killed in the impact.
Berg was regarded as a major figure in his generation. He served an apprenticeship working with Jack McDuff, Horace Silver and Cedar Walton in the Seventies, then emerged to wider notice as a member of Miles Davis’s band from 1984-86. He went on to lead or co-lead his own groups, as well as working with other top names like Chick Corea.
The saxophonist was a strong and highly resourceful improviser in both acoustic and electric jazz settings, and developed a rich, hard-edged and beautifully articulated tenor sound.
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New Birth
Post-Fusion Contemporary
1978
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Cycles
Bossa Nova
1988
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Riddles
Post-Fusion Contemporary
1994
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